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From: Sjouke Burry on 12 Apr 2010 16:35
Skybuck Flying wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am thinking about purchasing/ordering an "expensive" camcorder... with
> sound option too ! ;) :)
>
> I might use it sometime to film a thunderstorm...
>
> I am wondering if such "thunder flashes" might damage the camcorder ?
>
> Like a human's eye staring into the sun for too long ?
>
> Can a camcorder be damage by filming the sun as well ?

I burned out a forward looking camera in an instrumented tourist bus.
The bus stopped at a traffic jam, with the sun just at the horizon,
and a black trace was burned right across the field of view.
The camera was still operational, but with an ugly smear across the
field.
From: Robert Baer on 12 Apr 2010 21:05
Skybuck Flying wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am thinking about purchasing/ordering an "expensive" camcorder... with
> sound option too ! ;) :)
>
> I might use it sometime to film a thunderstorm...
>
> I am wondering if such "thunder flashes" might damage the camcorder ?
>
> Like a human's eye staring into the sun for too long ?
>
> Can a camcorder be damage by filming the sun as well ?
>
> Currently I am reading the review of the latest and greatest "rave" ;) :):
>
> http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Panasonic-HDC-TM700-Camcorder-Review-37681/Low-Light-Performance.htm
>
> This camcorder does have a little sound issue with the "build-in-fan" but it
> doesn't seem to bad... ?!?
> (If I do buy it I hope I won't regret... maybe a piece of paper can be
> placed over the fan input air hole to temporarely reduce the noise ?;))
>
> Also some people were complaining about some kind of "gravity lock"... can't
> film in certain angles ? or rotations ?
>
> I hope that it can at least point it towards the ground and the sky ?
>
> Bye,
> Skybuck.
>
>

"Mind flashes" from idiot Skybucks are far more dangerous than
anything else in nature!
From: Robert Baer on 12 Apr 2010 21:06
Sylvia Else wrote:
> On 12/04/2010 11:46 PM, Skybuck Flying wrote:
>> Hmm interesting question:
>>
>> Can a thunder flash + a magnifieing glass actually burn an ant ? ;)
>
> No.
>
> Sylvia.
But it may damage Skybuck's UNCLE...
From: Crash Lander on 12 Apr 2010 20:50
Skybuck Flying wrote:

> Hmm interesting question:
>
> Can a thunder flash + a magnifieing glass actually burn an ant ? ;)
>
> Bye,
> Skybuck :)

It'd have less chance than a lightening flash.
Crash Lander

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From: Sylvia Else on 12 Apr 2010 23:42
On 13/04/2010 12:49 AM, Skybuck Flying wrote:
> "Sylvia Else"<sylvia(a)not.at.this.address> wrote in message
> news:4bc3248e$0$15659$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com...
>> On 12/04/2010 11:46 PM, Skybuck Flying wrote:
>>> Hmm interesting question:
>>>
>>> Can a thunder flash + a magnifieing glass actually burn an ant ? ;)
>>
>> No.
>
> How you know that ? You ever tried it ? ;) :)

On theoretical grounds, by considering the energy that a magnifying
glass can capture from a lightening flash, which is bright, but brief.

Sylvia.
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